#38053A#38053A

#38053A is a very dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.104 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38053A
RGB	rgb(56, 5, 58)
HSL	hsl(298, 84%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(298, 91%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 91.4%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.96, 31.48, -20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.96, 37.64, 326.75°)
OKLab	oklab(24.63% 0.0867 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(24.63% 0.104 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.4488, 1.2550, 4.1154)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38053A #073A05

analogous

#1E053A #38053A #3A0522

triadic

#38053A #3A3805 #053A38

tetradic

#38053A #3A1E05 #073A05 #05223A

square

#38053A #3A1E05 #073A05 #05223A

split-complementary

#38053A #223A05 #053A1E

monochromatic

#1B021C #1B021C #38053A #6E0A72 #A50FAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.79

#38053A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#38053A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #38053A

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38053A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##38053A	1.00	16.79	1.25	16.79
#FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00193B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#122039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A0E20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38053a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 5, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.104 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#714c70',
    500: '#38053a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38053a;
$custom-light: #714c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38053a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.736,
    "s": 84.127,
    "l": 12.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24625,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38053A

secondary

#237B20

accent

#FA2D35

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#080107

muted

#7B777A

Preview Lab

Preview with #38053A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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